2026 Grants, Awards, and Scholarships

NASIG has now opened the application cycle for all the 2026 awards for the 41st Annual Conference.

A list of all past award winners is available here.

Please note the Mexican Student Grant is on hold indefinitely due to visa issues.

Award applications will close on March 1, 2026.

The applications will require the Google form along with a CV.

2026 APPLICATION

First-Timer Award in Honor of Teresa Malinowski

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of the First-Timer Award is to provide an information resources management professional or paraprofessional who has not yet attended a NASIG Annual Conference with the opportunity to attend and accelerate their knowledge and understanding of the management of information resources by networking and interacting with a wide range of dedicated professionals working in all segments of the information supply chain.

The 2026 First-Timer Award will be granted in honor of Teresa Malinowski. Teresa Malinowski was involved with NASIG from its inception in 1985 and made many valuable contributions to the organization over the course of her career.

What is Received

• $1500 cash stipend to be put toward conference registration, accommodations at one of the conference hotels, airfare, meals, etc.
• One year's free membership in NASIG

Eligibility

• This award is open to qualified applicants residing in any NASIG member country (defined for this purpose as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland).
• Applicants must currently be in a position with primary responsibilities for some aspect of information resource management (e.g., serials and/or e-resources acquisitions, resource metadata and discovery, scholarly communications, collections management, digital publishing, e-resource or serials sales, scholarly publishing, or knowledgebase management), vendor, agent, or scholarly publisher.
• In addition, applicants must not have attended any previous NASIG conferences, but may have participated in a NASIG conference as a local volunteer.
  Preference will be give
• to applicants whose career goals include growth and development in information resources management, such as serials and e-resources acquisitions, resource metadata and discovery, scholarly communications, or collections management.

Equity and Inclusion Awards (formerly the Diversity and Inclusion Award)

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of this award is to further the NASIG mission to increase the diversity of its membership and provide financial support to attend the NASIG annual conference. Applicants must be a member of an underrepresented group in the NASIG community. This award is generously sponsored by Harrassowitz.

What is Received

• Conference registration, 3 nights hotel covered at conference hotel
• $600 cash stipend for all incidentals
• Recipient arranges all travel, meals, etc. on their own
• One year's free membership in NASIG
• Invitation to serve on a NASIG committee the year following the award

Eligibility

• Applicant must be members of an underrepresented group in the NASIG community (i.e. African-American, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American/Alaskan Native, members of the LGBTQ+ community or individuals with disabilities).
• This award is open to qualified applicants residing in any NASIG member country (defined for this purpose as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland).
• Applicants must currently be in a position with primary responsibilities for some aspect of information resource management (e.g., serials and/or e-resources acquisitions, resource metadata and discovery, scholarly communications, collections management, digital publishing, e-resource or serials sales, scholarly publishing, or knowledgebase management), vendor, agent, or scholarly publisher.
• Applicants must have served in this position for no more than three years at the time of the application deadline and must not have been in a professional library or library-related position (e.g. book vendor, publisher) for more than five years at the time of the application deadline.
• Applicants must not have attended any previous NASIG conferences, but may have participated in a NASIG conference as a local volunteer. Applicants do not have to be a member of NASIG.
• Preference will be given to applicants whose career goals include professional growth and development in information resource management (e.g., serials and/or e-resources acquisitions, resource metadata and discovery, scholarly communications, collections management, digital publishing, e-resource or serials sales, scholarly publishing, or knowledgebase management), vendor, agent, or scholarly publishing after earning the graduate library degree.

2026 APPLICATION